Bodymotion Racing Gets Another Top-Five Finish

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario, Canada, July 9 -The Bodymotion Racing No. 12 Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport of Cameron Cassels and Trent Hindman ended up right where it started, fourth in Grand Sport and fourth overall, after two hours and 30 minutes of competition in the IMSA Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (ICTSC) race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) Saturday afternoon. The entry has never been out of the top five, as it was coming off three consecutive victories in its first three races of the year.

Cassels, a rookie from Coldstream, British Columbia, Canada who was making his first start at this very fast and very challenging 10-turn, 2.459-mile road course, got a lap down 41 minutes into the race but still retained fourth. Hindman, of Wayside, N.J., got in at about the 48-minute mark and was able to make that lap up by lap 56 with about 1 hour remaining, but a drive-through penalty for a rules violations during a pit stop put the car back a lap down to the leader. With a fourth-place finish secure, Cassels returned to the cockpit for the finish to see the checkered flag and collect the points.

Post-race quotes follow:

Cameron Cassels: “It was quite a race! It was definitely educational coming here. I learned a lot. I learned a lot more about myself and about car control. This is maybe not the best place to try to learn about car control, but it is what it is.

“It was super greasy. It was the same for everybody; it wasn’t just our four Bodymotion guys complaining about the track surface. We always seemed to be behind the car a bit. We were always trying to figure out where the grip was and how the car would change, and whether it was the tires or the track.

“Saying that, for me, I’ll look back at this and remember that I did my personal best in the race. I got down to a 31, so I still have a whole bunch of homework to do but I’m happy to be walking away with that.

“You can’t win them all. There are some things we know we have to work on so we won’t have a repeat of some of the errors we made. But saying that, the guys worked their butts off from the time we unloaded for the test day until the checkered flag. No one gave up.

“At the end we couldn’t gain anything, so I went out to just get a little bit more seat time. I got to see what a checkered flag looks like; usually Trent sees that [as finishing driver]!

“At the end the event was a success. I got some good track experience, and we got some experience with this Porsche on this track, so there are a lot of things for us to remember and hold our heads up high. We brought the car home in one piece, and now we’ll get ready for Lime Rock.

Trent Hindman: “Sometimes your luck runs out, and today just wasn’t our day, unfortunately. But a big thank you to all the Bodymotion Racing guys for doing their best to bring us back.

“We were back on the lead lap for a little while there, but unfortunately we just made a couple mistakes that put us back further behind than we wanted to and out of contention for the win.

“Either way, we’ll learn from the mistakes made here and move forward to Lime Rock. We’ll correct everything that went wrong today, but for the most part these guys really worked hard throughout the weekend. We had a great race car. Sometimes in motorsports things don’t go your way, but again, big thanks to the Bodymotion Racing guys, Cameron Cassels, Continental Tire and Porsche for all their help.”

The next event is July 22-23 at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Conn.

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